At first Alex thought it was a bad idea, he didn’t want this innocent child to bring back bad memories, or worse still, he lamented the idea that this boy would have the same destiny as the man he was named after. Gay sex “You’re hurting me Jack”. I walked up the steps and said hello to the doorman I walked inside, I climbed the stairs. My best friends Kevin and Olivia were married with kids, they’d moved to a quiet suburb to raise their own family. At sixteen years of age Jack came out to us as gay, and I’ve never been more proud in my entire life than I was in that moment. I locked the door and slid down the door so I was sitting on the floor, I crossed my arms and buried my head in my lap. “Why would you go back to him. “Come on baby, show me a little love.” Jack tightened his grip on my shoulders, and moved his hands slowly towards my neck. “They’re probably laughing at me Lewis” I was sitting on Lewis’ bed, his arm was around and I sobbed quietly into his chest.
